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Article: The Father of Tabloid Journalism. .(The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst)(Book Review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst. David Nasaw. Gibson Square Books. [pounds sterling]20.00. 687 pages. ISBN 1-903933-07-2.
William Randolph Hearst was, as the author of this magisterial study rightly says, a major force in American politics and journalism for half a century. He served two terms in Congress and although he failed to win the Democratic presidential nomination, he continued to influence public and political policy at national and state level throughout his life. Internationally recognised as America's most powerful publisher he was, like Northcliffe, accorded the privileges of a head of state on his travels, readily given private ...